Keumars Afifi-Sabet

Keumars is the technology editor at Live Science. He has written for a variety of publications including ITPro, The Week Digital, ComputerActive and TechRadar Pro. He has worked as a technology journalist for more than five years, having previously held the role of features editor with ITPro. An NCTJ-qualified journalist who specialises in technology, his path into journalism began at university. He immersed himself in student media while studying for a degree in Biomedical Sciences at Queen Mary, University of London. After graduating, Keumars wrote for a variety of local and national publications as a freelancer, including The Independent, The Observer, and Metro. While studying for his NCTJ certification, his work was commended in the category of ‘Top Scoop’ in the 2017 NCTJ awards. He's also registered as a foundational chartered manager with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), having qualified as a Level 3 Team leader with distinction in 2023.

Biography:  https://www.livescience.com/author/keumars-afifi-sabet

79%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

85%

Examples:

  • The article exaggerates the differences between human and animal vision.
  • The article implies that animals see colors in a way that is similar to humans, which is not accurate.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • Scientists have combined a new camera system with open-source software to generate stunning video clips of the world as different animals see it.
  • The article states that the footage is 92% accurate based on testing against conventional spectrophotometry techniques. However, this does not mean that the footage accurately represents how animals see colors in their environment.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Honeybees and birds are sensitive to UV light, which isn't visible to human eyes.
  • The clip shows a zebra swallowtail butterfly foraging on flowers as a honeybee would see it.

Deceptions

50%

Examples:

  • The article claims that it shows footage from different animals' perspectives. However, this is misleading because each animal has been given enhanced or altered vision to make them appear more similar to humans.
  • The clip shows a zebra swallowtail butterfly foraging on flowers as if a honeybee were seeing it.

Recent Articles

Revolutionary Camera System Captures Animal-View Videos with Accurate Color Perception

Revolutionary Camera System Captures Animal-View Videos with Accurate Color Perception

Broke On: Wednesday, 31 January 2024 Researchers have developed a new camera system that captures animal-view videos of moving objects under natural lighting conditions. The camera records video in four color channels and processes the data into perceptual units to accurately predict perceived colors by animals based on their photoreceptor knowledge.